Adjustable shade roller bracket



y 1931- J. T. PALLADINO" 1,805,995

ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLER BRACKET Filed Jan. 20, 1950 i Elwvemtoz tfosgplvf aflowe ag Patented May 19, 1931 :rosnrn T. rALLAnIno, or WATERBURY, oonnnorroo'r ADJUSJTAIBLEI SHADE ROLLER BRACKET Application filed January 20, 1930. Serial No; 421,915.

g This invention relates to shade roller brackets, and more particularly to an adj ustable bracket having a member adapted to slide upon a fixed support secured upon the top of a window frame.

One object of this invention is to provide a shade roller bracket of the above nature in which the sliding member has a spring tongue adapted to interchangeably engage in any one of a series of locking slots formed in the fixed support, whereby the sliding member will be securely heldin any desired adjusted position. f

A further object is to provide a device of 16 the above nature which will'be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy toinstall' and manipulate, ornamental in appearance, and very eifi'cient and durable in use. 1

With these and other'obiects in view there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice."

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a'pair of the shade roller brackets in position upon a window frame supporting'a' shade roller therebetween. I v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shade roller bracket adapted to support the lefthand end of the shade roller. v

Fig. 3 is a pe'rspective view of the sliding member of the right-hand shade roller bracket as it appears'when detached from its fixed support. r

Fig. 4 is a side sectional view of the lefthand shade roller bracket taken along the plane indicated bythe lines 44 of Fig.2, looking in the direction" of the arrows. 2

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numerals 10 and 11 indicate generally a pair of complementary shade roller brackets adapted to be mounted on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the top of a window frame 12; Each of the brackets 10 and 11 comprises an angle-shaped member 13 adapted toslide in an L-shaped fixed sup-port or guide trame'l ll Each of the sliding angle members 13 comthe width of a shade roller 17a. 7 The base of the sliding member 13 adjacent the end remote from the curved edge 16 is provided with a rectangular opening 18, through which extends the reduced extremity 19 of a narrow spring tongue 20, said tongue 20 being enlarged at its other end 21 which is secured permanently, as by a tubular rivet 22, tothe curved free end of an outstanding leg 23 of said sliding angle member 13.

, As will be clearly understoorhthe apertures in the tubular rivets 22of the righthand and left-hand angle members 13 will be made in'the shape. of a round hole 24' and a rectangular slot 24a respectively. 7

Each of the fixed guiding frames 14 comprises a horizontal section 25 having a pair of parallel inwardly bent-over fianges'26 and 27 at its upper and lower edges for holding the sliding member 13 securely in position.

In'order to lock the sliding angle member 13 in any desired adjusted position within the fixed guide frame 14, the horizontal-section 25 of each frame 1 1 is provided midway between the flanges 26 and 27 with a series of vertical rectangular slots or apertures 28, shaped to receive and fit about the reduced end. 19 of the spring. tongue 20.

The inner end of each spring tongue 20 projects through the rectangular opening 18 for a short distance and lockingly engages in one of the slots 28.

Each fixed guide frame 14 is provided with a vertical upstanding. arm 29 having a pair of forwardly oli'set fingers 30 and 31 for receiving a pair of curtain holding'rods, not shown. Each of the guide frames 14: is also provided with screw holes 32,33, and 34 for attaching said frames to the top of the window frame 12.

Operation In operation, assuming the parts to be in the positions shown in Fig. 2, whenever it is desired to adjust the position of the sliding angle member 13, it will merely be necessary for the operator to pull out upon the lower end of the spring tongue 20 and at the same time push the leg 23' outwardly to bring the extremity 19 out of the slot 28 in which it is engaged. The sliding member 13 may then be moved by hand in either direction in the fixed guide frame 14C until the tongue extremity 19 is in registry with another of the slots 28 in the desired adjusted position. Upon release of the tongue 20, the extremity 19 thereof will move into the new slot 28 and the member 13 will be positively held thereby against further movement in either direction.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit, In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is 1 1. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be attached to a window frame, an adjustable angle member slidable within said guide frame, said guide frame having a series of locking apertures, and said angle member having a spring strip tongue secured to the outer end thereof for selectively and inter.- changeably engaging in any one of said apertures.

2. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be attached to a window frame, an adjusts able angle member having a baseslidable within said guide frame, said guide frame having a series of locking apertures. and said angle member havinga spring strip tongue secured to the outer end thereof for selectively and interchangeably engaging in any one of said apertures.

3. In a shaderoller bracket, a guide frame to be attached to a window frame, an adj ustable angle member having a base slidable within said guide frame, said guideframe having a series of locking apertures, and said angle member having a spring strip tongue secured to the outer end thereof for selectively and interchangeably engaging in any one of said apertures, said tongue extending through said base.

4:. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be fixedly secured to a window frame, an adjustable angle member having a base slidable in said gulde frame, and an outstanding interchangeably leg provided with a spring strip tongue secured to the outer end thereof, said guide frame having a plurality of locking recesses within any one of which said tongue is adapted to be selectively and interchangeably engaged for locking said angle member in the desired adjusted position.

5. In a. shade-roller bracket, a guide frame to be fixedly secured to a window frame, an adjustable angle member having a base slidablein'said guide frame, and an outstanding leg provided with an inwardly-extending spring striptongue, said guide frame having a plurality of locking recesses within any one of which said tongue is adapted to be selectively andinterchangeably engaged for locking said angle member in the desired adjusted position. i

6. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be secured to a window-frame and vhaving a pair of opposed flanges; an adjustable angle member having a base slidable in said guide frame and also having a leg extending jat right-angles to said base, a spring tongue connected by a tubular rivet to the outer portion of said leg, the inner extremity of said tongue having selective releasable interlocking engagement with said base for holding said angle member in any desired adjusted position.

7. In a shade roller bracket, 2. guide frame to be'secured to a window frame and having a pair of opposed-flanges, an adjustable angle member having a base slidablein said guide frame and also having a leg extending at right-angles to said base, a spring tongue connected by a tubular rivet to the outer portion of said leg, the inner extremity of said tongue having selective releasable interlock- .frame, said guide frame having a series of rectangular locking apertures, and said angle member having aspring strip tongue secured to the'outer end thereof for selectively and engaging in anyone of said apertures.

9. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be attached to a window frame, an adjustable angle member slidable within said guide frame, said guide frame having a series of locking apertures, and said angle member having a spring strip tongue secured to the outer end thereof for selectively and interchangeably engaging in any one of said apertures, said tongue having a reduced extremity shaped to fit said apertures.

10. In a shade roller bracket, a guide frame to be fixedly secured to a window frame, an adjustable angle member having a base slidable in said guide frame, and an outstanding leg provided with a spring tongue, said guide frame having a plurality of locking recesses within any one of which said tongue is adapted to be selectively and interchangeably engaged for locking said angle member in the desired adjusted position, said base having an enlarged opening to serve as a finger hold for facilitating the adjustment of said base. i

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

JOSEPH T. PALLADINO.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,805,995. Granted May 19, 1931, to

JOSEPH T. PALLADINO.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 78, claim 5, and page 3, line 2, claim 10, after the word "tongue" insert the words secured to the outer end thereof, and page 3, line 2, claim it after "spring" insert the word strip; and that the said Letters Patent sheath! be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 4th day oi August, A. i). E931.

Wm. A. Kinnan, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

